Regional variation in the mechanical properties of cortical bone from the porcine femur

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 513-520

  Bonney, H ^a   Colston, B J ^a   Goodman, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femur; Porcine cortical bone; Rutherford backscattering spectrometry; Toughness; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BONE ARCHITECTURE; CORTICAL BONE; CUTTING TEST; FEMUR; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN BONES; HUMAN FEMORA; LONG BONE; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PORCINE CORTICAL BONE; PORCINE FEMURS; RBS ANALYSIS; REGIONAL VARIATION; RUTHERFORD BACK-SCATTERING SPECTROMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; THREE POINT BENDING; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BACKSCATTERING; BENDING TESTS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORUS; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY;

BONE;

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 79953329556     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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